Person Information

Biography

"Aunt Lucy" was an elderly black woman, formerly enslaved, who lived at a contraband camp near Washington, D.C., possibly Camp Todd. She is mentioned in letters between Frances Miller Seward, her sister Lazette, and Emily Howland, a teacher at Camp Todd. Carol Faulkner, in her book Women's Radical Reconstruction, includes a letter exchange between Carrie Lacy and Emily Howland, in which Lacy describes "Aunt Lucy's" propensity to give to her family members and fellow contrabands what others give to her, including shoes and provisions.

Citations

Biography and Citation Information:
Biography: 

"Aunt Lucy" was an elderly black woman, formerly enslaved, who lived at a contraband camp near Washington, D.C., possibly Camp Todd. She is mentioned in letters between Frances Miller Seward, her sister Lazette, and Emily Howland, a teacher at Camp Todd. Carol Faulkner, in her book Women's Radical Reconstruction, includes a letter exchange between Carrie Lacy and Emily Howland, in which Lacy describes "Aunt Lucy's" propensity to give to her family members and fellow contrabands what others give to her, including shoes and provisions.

Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
Women's Radical Reconstruction : The Freedmen's Aid Movement
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Carol Faulker
Publisher Location: 
Philadelphia, PA
Publisher Name: 
University of Pennsylvania Press
Year: 
2004; 2006 paperback
Start Page: 
134
End Page: 
135
Citation Notes: 
Faulkner, Carol, and Laurie Olin. Women's Radical Reconstruction : The Freedmen's Aid Movement, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/rochester/detail.action?docID=3442156.
Citation for Birth Info:
Citation for Death Info: